St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-11
A FOOLS WISDOM.

of my assertion, made last week, that Mime
sofa was drifting toward prohibition just as
rapidly as the law will permit. can best
answer them by saying that they don't know
anything about it. Where is the prohibition
majority at the polls and in the legislature
to come from! From the Scandinavian ele-
ment in the state. When put to the actual
test of voting for free liquor or none at all,
the Scandinavian will take the latter course.
have but to quote, in illustration Of this,
the statement of one Of them: "Those
among my countrymen who drink the hard
est will vote the Prohibition ticket the most
readily. They are influenced to this action
by the women and their pastors. A politi-
clan who ignores the influence of Scandina-
Wan women and preachers for prohibition is
not capable of attracting their votes"
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Prohibition in Minnesota would close up
over 100 breweries, producing on an average
total of 25, ZOO barrels of beer a month;
some dozen rectifying liquor houses. that
handle over 10000 gallons of liquor
month; between fifty and sixty wholesale
liquor houses, and nearly 10000 Saloons of
which Minneapolis and st. Paul combined
have over one-tenth. There are no distilleries
in the state now, so there would be none
closed. The loss to the general government
IN revenues would be nearly $780, 600
year; to the cities of the state and towns,
| under the present high license, a loss of rev.
enues amounting so closely to 81 100000
that it might as well be called that. write
advisedly of this, and my statistics are not
Tar from absolute accuracy. In the face OF
these financial losses would be the aggrayat-
ing remainder-that he who drinks would
drink, and he who don't would not, just as
at present The only change Of note outside
of the finances would be probable decrease
in the good quality of liquor.
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The ex-Wayden REED investigation has de-
yeloped two Interesting points. One is his
torical-that Gov. MoGILL was born in Guard
MoNEALE's house. If this be true (the in
yestigating committee should confirm or deny
iD it sets at rest grievous dispute. 1t has
been contested for more than year past that
Gov. MoGILL's birthplace, if not inathe cere-
Drum of LOREN FLETCHER, was in the cere-
bellum of STAMFORD Newell. The other point
is that the administration seems to be prepar-
ing to make a scapegoat of Warden SToR-
DOCK, thereby softening the effects of the de-
struction of REEDS official character. LOREN
FLETCHER was opposed to SToRDooK's ap-
poirtment to the wardenship, and probably
sees now an opportunity to hurt him. I don't
believe it will pay, though. SToRDOoK is
good fellow, who fell into a rotten Repub-
lican nest and had the courage to try to purify
it. II Gov McGuL would transfer him to the
railroad commission now we would probably
have another mess and know why the gov
ernor couldn't get rid Of ELI WARNER and
Mr.. SHANDREwl
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I am told that before GEORGE MITsCHE's de-
parture for the German Catholic convention
at Chicago Bishop IRELAND was aware of his
sentiments, as expressed in the now notori
GUS resolution. Almost month ago, my in
formant continues, the bishop took steps to
check and suppress any such ili-advised out
break, and believed that he had succeeded.
That President SPANHoRsT, of the conven-
ton, was not in harmony with the resolution
was well aware. Imet him three years ago
and found him to be a very broad-guaged,
liberal German. believe that his creed is:
''All men for their own business, If they
touch not NINE"
Where the Iowa & Minnesota division of
the Milwaukee road crosses its Southern
Minnesota division, there is little station
called Ramsey. The last time that saw it,
it consisted of a station house, two dismal
SctiuS AOuoCS, dao d WdoIc VI pEhlflc dCTOSS
which could be dimIy seen the
spire Of church at Austin. I am
told that George C. Harper, one of
the successful rustlers of st. Paul, was
formerly telegraph operator at this out-of-
creation place, and that from there he
branched off into the St. Paul boom, to be-
come prosperous and capitalist. 1 think
that the present owner and boomer of the
town of Currie manned after him) graduated
from that same Office also.
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Imet the other day, St. Paul barber who
formerly worked in Chicago, and who had
for patrons the anarchists PARSONS and
SPIES. Of the latter he remembers but little
except that he was Of taciturn, morose ma
ture. PARSONS, my barber friend says, had
the eye of fox, the skin of rhinoceros and
was very difficult to shave. He was nervous
and continually bobbing up in the chair to
observe the people coming in and going out
of the shop. At that time neither of the men
had acquired notoriety, although locally
PARSONS was known as an agitator. The two
were apparently not intimate in those days,
for they never came into the shop together
nor spoke to each other.
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1t has been my pleasure this summer and
pain as well, to reside near enough to Rice
park to hear all of the pand concerts As a
rule the musical programmes offered the peo-
pie on these occasions have been fair.
But there has been q singular lack
of variety in the summers roper
toire. can truthfully assert that YANKEE
Doodle" has been played three times; robin
Affair."" three times; America" four times;
the ssBlue Danube values, ad infinitum;
ssSwanee River three times; the 'Can-can,',
twice; 'sMandOlina," three times; Lullaby
from "Erminie," three times, ct cetera. This
is all good music, but it wears on the ear
when offered too frequently. The bands
have footed away vigorously and earned, I
guess every dollar the city gives them; but a
little more variety would spice up their bill of
fare.
If Mr.. STrcKNEY really intends to make an
art repository of the Metropolitan hotel /
would suggest to him that the nucleus of q
fine collection can be secured in st. Paul
without going abroad. There are here the
whiskers which Mr.. DoNNELLY said were
standing menance to the Declaration of In
dependence; file 157; MARY BROWN:
ticket Of admission to HENRY FULLERs santi-
convention; "Mr. MERRIAMs collection of
ballots for the municipal campaign of 1885;
petrified railroad commissioner; can OF
sleeps milk at the state dairy commissions
er's; plan of a proposed cable line; an edi-
torial ON Senator BECK's candidacy for.
the vice-presidency; and a copy of Mr.!
MITscHE's resolution ON prohibitionists and
anarchists. These would prove to be valuable
attractions, and, if placed in the story next
to the roof, spectators could be easily accom-
modated while the lower floors could be used
for lunch rooms and the offices of any trans
continental railroad scheme.
By Fool.